Arlesheim

Arlesheim is a common Switzerland canton of Basle-Countryside, chief town of the District of Arlesheim.

History

Located at the center of the area of the Birseck, between the Birse and the Plate of Gempen, the territory of the commune of Arlesheim is occupied since the Paléolithique as testify some the skeletons, the tools, the grinding stones and the jewels discovered in the caves of the Eremitage and the Hollenberg .

Later, in 1239 “Arlisheim” (according to the orthography of the time) joined the Diocese of Basle. Between 1529 and 1581, the commune embraces the Protestant Réforme, but turns over a few years later to the catholic faith. In 1679, the chapter of Basle leaves the German city of Freiburg-in-Brisgau to come to be established in Arlesheim. The Cathedral as well as the cure go back to this period. The chapter east dissolves and the religious monuments are sold with highest offerer.

Thereafter, the common one belongs to the department of the Mount-Terrible before joining that of the Haut-Rhin until in 1814 where the Congrès of Vienna attaches it to the Suisse and more precisely with the Canton of Basle. Finally, in 1833, the commune joined the demicanton of Basle-Countryside to its creation and becomes the chief town of the district which bears its name.

Transport

Commune is well connected to its neighbors, that is by the Train and the line of the Jura which connects it to Basle and Baden, by the Tramway and line 10 of the BLT which connects it to Münchenstein or by an exit of the highway A2.

Economy

In 1921, the first private clinic anthroposophic was founded in the commune, baptized name of its founder Ita Wegman. Moreover, Arelsheim is also the premises of the undertaking Weleda which manufactures products anthroposophic.

Monuments

Outside the cathedral baroque of 1681 (which is equipped with a Orgue Silbermann) is the central place of the village with the communal fountain and the cure. Nowadays, the communal authorities are installed on this place.

The common one also counts a English Jardin called Eremitage which goes back to 1785 and in which one finds caves, ponds and a hermitage (from where his name). Finally the commune also has on its territory the Burg Birseck and Burg Reichenstein , two strong castles of the Birseck, which was practically completely destroyed at the time of the Earthquake of Basle of 1356 and rebuilt thereafter.

Sources

Article '' Arlesheim '' on the Swiss historical Dictionary

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